The chocolate-powered race car, WorldFirst F3
Real efforts to minimize demand on earth’s resources has resulted in a new race car that speeds on chocolate. The first prototype of the bio-diesel WorldFirst F3 car was designed and built by a car research centre for only 220,000 dollars. The team of researchers wanted to prove to the racing industry that it was possible to build a fast car using environmentally sustainable components. And some of the components come from the unlikeliest places. The car has a biodiesel engine which runs on vegetable oil and fuel from waste chocolate. Green credentials are further enhanced by a radiator that reduces the spread of ground-level ozone. Other ‘green’ elements include the soya bean seat.
Nonetheless, with initial interest stirred by the car’s public appearance - later this month it will hit the track at Britain’s Goodwood Festival of Speed - and the fact the vehicle is 95 percent biodegradable the research team are now out to show the world that a chocolate-and-carrots-flavoured future has arrived.
Tags: bio-degradable, Biodiesel, Britain's Goodwood Festival of Speed, Carrots, Chocolate, environmentally sustainable components, ozone, soya bean seat, vegetable oil, WorldFirst F3
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